diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index da7794b6..acb0833d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ Version 1.2.2
   to the current one in researchSync.
 - Fixed crash in researchSync when modded technologies are present only on some
   nodes.
+- Reordered install instructions to avoid problem with npm creating files owned
+  by root in the home directory.
 
 
 Version 1.2.1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 695077ad..d3f522dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ Master and all slaves:
 
     sudo curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
     sudo apt install -y nodejs python-dev git wget curl tar build-essential
-    sudo npm install pm2 -g
     git clone -b 1.2.x https://github.com/clusterio/factorioClusterio.git
     cd factorioClusterio
     curl -o factorio.tar.gz -L https://www.factorio.com/get-download/latest/headless/linux64
@@ -110,8 +109,11 @@ Master and all slaves:
     cp config.json.dist config.json
     node ./lib/npmPostinstall.js
 
+downloads and installs nodejs, git and clusterio. To specify a version, change "latest" in the link to a version number like 0.14.21.
 
-downloads and installs nodejs, pm2, git and clusterio. To specify a version, change "latest" in the link to a version number like 0.14.21.
+Optional step (if you want to use pm2):
+
+    sudo npm install pm2 -g
 
 Now you need to edit the `config.json` file. If you skip this step nothing will work.
 Pretty much all the blank fields should be filled in, except on the master where a few can be omitted.